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. >> given your experience in researching what do you think of the reaction against chuck hagel being secretary of defense, and then who was clearly reluctant to send soldiers into harm's way having been there yourself? >> it's an interesting -- the question was about former sergeant, former senator chuck hagel and infantrymen who is two purple hearts, and all the controversy over him. without weighing in on him per se, i like personally the idea of people who have served in uniform having a say in policy decisions in which many in uniform, and women in uniform are sent into harm's way, as a general fought. obviously, i don't have a position on senator hagel whether or not he should be secretary of defense. i do think it's interesting, and the last three or four weeks i have wished my shows up and ring so we could talk about this at some like him but do think it's interesting, the idea of senator, former senator now secretary john kerry, and possibly secretary chuck hagel, two men with i think five purple hearts between them, and both of them, although they voted for iraq and afghanis
. >> given your experience in researching what do you think of the reaction against chuck hagel being secretary of defense, and then who was clearly reluctant to send soldiers into harm's way having been there yourself? >> it's an interesting -- the question was about former sergeant, former senator chuck hagel and infantrymen who is two purple hearts, and all the controversy over him. without weighing in on him per se, i like personally the idea of people who have served in uniform...
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hagel is a sound man, has all the qualifications that you would need. i was very disappointed when obama made petraeus the cia direct e but petraeus took care of that himself and took himself out of the game by giving adultery a very bad name. in the process, but what was obama thinking when he took an active duty, four star general who had strong policy positions on some of the key issues that intelligence officers were going to have to grapple with? i can't think of a better scenario for to -- to politization. they didn't want to put it in the hands of policymakers, and, certainly, not in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence, worst case intelligence, and when the cia did its job correctly, that is what they have done. >> watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> it was almost two years ago that i decided it was time to write a fact-based primmer on face -- gay rights specifically focusedded on voters to do two things, challenge the religious right on its own turf and show
hagel is a sound man, has all the qualifications that you would need. i was very disappointed when obama made petraeus the cia direct e but petraeus took care of that himself and took himself out of the game by giving adultery a very bad name. in the process, but what was obama thinking when he took an active duty, four star general who had strong policy positions on some of the key issues that intelligence officers were going to have to grapple with? i can't think of a better scenario for to...
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you have someone like john kier rei, his career devoted to becoming an secretary of state, and chuck hagel is a wonderful nomination, and the criticism of him, frankly, is silly. i mean, it's anti-semitism, and people are really throwing that around so loosely. .. i was very disappointed when obama made general david petraeus the cia director but he took care of that himself and took himself out of the game by giving a very bad name in the process, what was obama thinking when he took an active duty four star general who had strong policy positions on some of the key issues intelligence officers were going to have to grapple with? i can't think of a better scenario for limiting intelligence than having general david petraeus at the cia. that is not what harry truman had in mind when he created the cia, didn't want to put it in and of policymakers and certainly not in the hand of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence and when the cia had done its job correctly that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam. >> you c
you have someone like john kier rei, his career devoted to becoming an secretary of state, and chuck hagel is a wonderful nomination, and the criticism of him, frankly, is silly. i mean, it's anti-semitism, and people are really throwing that around so loosely. .. i was very disappointed when obama made general david petraeus the cia director but he took care of that himself and took himself out of the game by giving a very bad name in the process, what was obama thinking when he took an active...
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chuck hagel is a wonderful nomination. the criticism of him is silly, i believe. people are throwing that around. it is embarrassing. embarrassing to see accusations like that. if you go back to eric miller's book, he talked about the israeli lobby on many occasions. so i don't quite know what the debate is all about. i think that it will disorders go away because it doesn't make a lot of sense. the trees to care about himself, giving adultery a very bad name. but what was obama thinking. but what was obama thinking with intelligence issues that we would have to grapple with. i could not think of a better scenario than having david petraeus at the cia. that's not what he had in mind in 1947. he did not want to put in the hands of military policymakers. what the cia was created for was to challenge military intelligence. the cia has done its job correctly and that is what they have done on things such as arms control or vietnam, for that matter. what needs to be done, and let me just check the time to, we don't have a lot of time. let me go over to areas very quick
chuck hagel is a wonderful nomination. the criticism of him is silly, i believe. people are throwing that around. it is embarrassing. embarrassing to see accusations like that. if you go back to eric miller's book, he talked about the israeli lobby on many occasions. so i don't quite know what the debate is all about. i think that it will disorders go away because it doesn't make a lot of sense. the trees to care about himself, giving adultery a very bad name. but what was obama thinking. but...
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[applause] [applause] >> chuck hagel had a news conference on monday. he said that in an effort to build trust between the two countries, that he would visit china next year. can see the entire event online at c-span.org. here is some of what he had to say. >> i affirm the importance of maintaining open communication. and we agree that it's important to continue high-level visits, such as the nowhere, the visit of general dempsey in china this year. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> general odierno and general welsh spoke earlier this week. they also offered to host a visit to the united states next year. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> in our meeting, and the general invited me to visit china next year and i accepted. i look forward to seeing him again at the defense ministers meeting is part of my trip to southeast asia. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> i will also visit alicia and indonesia
[applause] [applause] >> chuck hagel had a news conference on monday. he said that in an effort to build trust between the two countries, that he would visit china next year. can see the entire event online at c-span.org. here is some of what he had to say. >> i affirm the importance of maintaining open communication. and we agree that it's important to continue high-level visits, such as the nowhere, the visit of general dempsey in china this year. [speaking in native tongue]...